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NGC5383
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:57:4.9
Declination: +41:50:46
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 11.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, cL, R, gbM
Sub-type: SBb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5383
17.5" (5/27/95): fairly bright, fairly large, elongated 4:3 NW-SE, 2.5'x2.0'. Contains a prominent bright core about 45"x30" elongated E-W (bar) with the fainter halo tilted 45¡ with respect to the core. A close pair of mag 14 stars at 8" separation is at the east edge 1.1' from center. Located near the midpoint of mag 10.5 and 12 stars 3' SE and NW.